Game Summary

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — Thursday evening, the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team's offense struggled to generate any offense, managing just 19 shots on goal — and one goal — against Bethel.

The Royals, meanwhile, peppered SMU goalie Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) with 37 shots on goal.

Fortunately for SMU, Jung was outstanding as the SMU sophomore stopped 36 of the 37 shots she faced in helping the Cardinals to a 1-1 tie.

Two days later, the Cardinals were again outshot, as Bethel held SMU to 21 shots — and pelted Jung with 23 — in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rematch.

Jung turned in a repeat performance — again stopping all but one of the Royals' shots — and the Cardinals were a little more efficient on the other end, scoring on three of their 21 shots in posting the 3-1 victory.

Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) scored twice for the Cardinals and Amy Madden (Grand Rapids, Mich.) accounted for the other as SMU won for the first time since a 3-0 win over UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 29.

Mondo opened the scoring with the only goal of the first period, a powerplay tally at 16:02. Bethel pulled even with a powerplay goal of its own two minutes into the second period, but it was all SMU after that as Madden scored two minutes later — again on the powerplay — and Mondo sealed the win with SMU's third man-advantage goal of the game midway through the third period.